Hame-tug fastener



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GEORGE W. DIGKINSON, OF CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS.

HAM E-TUG FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part4 of Letters Patent No. 241,315, dated May 10,1881.

Application filed November 13, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, GEORGE IV. DIGKINSON, of Charleston, in the county ofColes, and iu the State ot Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Haine-Tu g Fasteners; and I do hereby declarethat the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, making a part of this specitcation.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a device for eonnectin g and adjusting a trace to a hame-tu g, aswill be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, Iwill now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which-Figure 1 represents the hame-tug and trace detached.Fig.2isasectionofthesaineunited.

rlhe llame-tug consists ot' a metal bar, A, of suitable dimensions,formed at one end with a loop, B, for the passage of a strap to connectit with the haine. At the other end the bar A forms a large loop, C,through which the end of the trace is to pass, and also smaller loops D,for the pad and back and belly bands. The metal bar A is reduced inthickness longitudinally in the center on the under side, and thisreduced portion has a series of T-shaped slots, a a., made through it atequal distances apart.

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The back of the bar is covered b v a leather strap, E. Y

G represents the trace, on the end of which is securely fastened a metalplate, F, having upon its outer end a projecting plate, b', and near itsinner end is a projecting T-head, d.

In attaching the trace to the haine-tug the plate b is first pushedupward through thecross part of one of the slots a until the head d canbe passed through the corresponda g part of the next slot, when thetrace is pulled down, causing both the plate b and head d to lie behindthe barA and their Shanks be in the center portions ot' the slots.

The trace can easily be changed in the slots to lengthen or shorten thetrace, as required.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I elaini as new, anddesire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

The combination of the metallic llame-tug A, provided wit-h the seriesot T-shaped slots a, and the trace G, provided with the plate F,hav ingthe double fastening?) d attached to or forinin g a part thereof', thusmaking a double lock, substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that Iclaiin the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand andseal this 19th day of February, 1880.

GEORGE W. iueioNsoN. pt. s] Witnesses:

JOHN FAVORITE, Jol-IN H. CLARK.

